Clockwork Bandura Rites

Iron

roots. Cold soil. (tic-toc) Awaken the

machine.

Steel and bone. Bound in thread.

Counting every strike.

(one

two three, one two)

Hussar.

Cold iron breath.

Break the wheel.

Bind the stone. (seven steps)

Hussar Derna.

(break, break) We carry the spark through the frost. (der-na)

Six bells ring.

No retreat.

Shadows sharpen on the blade.

(step, strike) Quiet now.

The furnace breathes.

Hussar Derna! (five)

Stand the ground! (seven) Iron

and blood! Unbroken line!

Hussar...

Cold

iron

sleeps.